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Zitterbewegung of a Dirac electron is an oscillation between positive and negative energy states, and is thus distinct from the analogous phenomena exhibited by spin half charged particles in electric and magnetic fields. Quantum field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-26 Basil S. Davis

We derive the modified Dirac equation for an electron undergos an influence of the standard model interaction with the nuclear matter. The exact solutions for this equation and the electron energy spectrum in matter are obtained. This…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Alexander Grigoriev , Sergey Shinkevich , Alexander Studenikin , Alexei Ternov , Ilya Trofimov

A generalized Clifford manifold is proposed in which there are coordinates not only for the basis vector generators, but for each element of the Clifford group, including the identity scalar. These new quantities are physically interpreted…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 William M. Pezzaglia

It is substantiated that spin is a notion associated with the group of internal symmetry that is tightly connected with the geometrical structure of spacetime. The wave equation for the description of the particles with spin one half is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 I. B. Pestov

The use of complexified quaternions and $i$-complex geometry in formulating the Dirac equation allows us to give interesting geometric interpretations hidden in the conventional matrix-based approach.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-08-27 Stefano De Leo , Waldyr A. Rodrigues,

We show that the Dirac theory of the electron, corresponds to recent approaches based on a Non commutative spacetime.

General Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. G. Sidharth

The relativistic semiclassical evolution of the position of an electron in the presence of an external electromagnetic field is studied in terms of a Newton equation that incorporates spin effects directly. This equation emerges from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-13 R. Gutierrez-Jauregui , R. Perez-Pascual , R. Jauregui

Spacetime Algebra (STA) provides unified, matrix-free spinor methods for rotational dynamics in classical theory as well as quantum mechanics. That makes it an ideal tool for studying particle models of zitterbewegung and using them to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-21 David Hestenes

We give a simple derivation and explanation of a recently proposed new relativistic interaction between the electron and the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field in quantum electrodynamics (QED). Our derivation is based on the work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 R. F. O'Connell

A new approach to the geometrization of the electron theory is proposed. The particle wave function is represented by a geometric entity, i.e., Clifford number, with the translation rules possessing the structure of Dirac equation for any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 B. I. Lev

Dirac's Relativistic Wave Equation implies a measured electron velocity of $\pm c$ in any direction, in contradiction to Special Relativity and observation. It is shown in this article that this anomalous electron velocity reveals an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-30 Basil S. Davis

The Dirac equation is a cornerstone in the history of physics, merging successfully quantum mechanics with special relativity, providing a natural description of the electron spin and predicting the existence of anti-matter. Furthermore, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-08 R. Gerritsma , G. Kirchmair , F. Zähringer , E. Solano , R. Blatt , C. F. Roos

For the first time the exact analytical expressions for the three-dimensional bound electron states in the Coulomb field of the chain consisting of positively charged ions, are obtained within the Dirac description, using the new spinor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-22 Alexander Eremko , Larissa Brizhik , Vadim Loktev

The Kerr-Newman spinning particle displays some remarkable relations to the Dirac electron and has a reach spinor structure which is based on a twistorial description of the Kerr congruence determined by the Kerr theorem. We consider the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander Burinskii

This paper presents a relativistic symmetrical interpretation of the Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions which predicts no zitterbewegung for a free spin-1/2 particle. This could resolve the longstanding puzzle of zitterbewegung in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-22 Michael B. Heaney

We re-examine the non Hermitian position coordinate of Dirac's equation, in the light of his own insights and conclude that this, and the Dirac equation itself is symptomatic of an underlying Noncommutative Geometry.

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. G. Sidharth

The present paper is the continuity of the previous papers "Non-linear field theory" I and II. Here on the basis of the electromagnetic representation of Dirac's electron theory we consider the geometrical distribution of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander G. Kyriakos

Classical Electrodynamics is not a consistent theory because of its field inadequate behaviour in the vicinity of their sources. Its problems with the electron equation of motion and with non-integrable singularity of the electron self…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Manoelito M. de Souza

In previous investigations on zitterbewegung(zbw) of electron, it is believed that the zbw results from some internal motion of electron. However, all the analyses are made at relativistic quantum mechanical level. In framework of quantum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Zhi-yong Wang , Ailin Zhang

A recently proposed model of the Dirac electron, which describes observed properties of the particle correctly, is in the present paper shown to be also able to explain quantum interference by classical probabilities. According to this…

General Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Arend Niehaus